After the political scandal one year prior, no national flags were used at the ninth edition of the ninth annual Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria, only those of the host country and the hosting ski club.
East German athlete Helmut Recknagel won the tournament for a record third time after his absence the previous year.
Participating nations and athletes
With the return of the East block nations, the 1960-61 tournament saw a record number of 12 participating nations.
Nation Number of Athletes Athletes 18 Hermann Anwander, Arthur Bodenmüller, Max Bolkart, Rudi Duffke, Alois Haberstock, Wolfgang Happle, Otto Herz, Lothar Heyer, Heini Ihle, Helmut Kurz, Edi Lengg, Siegbert Mönch, Josef Pichler, Georg Thoma, Helmut Wegscheider, Hias Winkler, Hubert Witting, Axel Zerlaut 18 Alfred Brunner, Willi Egger, Max Golser, Walter Habersatter, Ernst Kopp, Willi Köstinger, Ernst Kröll, Georg Lackner, Otto Leodolter, Sepp Lichtenegger, Heinz Moser, Horst Moser, Peter Müller, Georg Niederhammer, Alwin Plank, Baldur Preiml, Walter Steinegger, Ferdl Wallner Czechoslovakia 3 Drahomír Jebavý, Dalibor Motejlek, Jaromír Novlud 3 Veikko Kankkonen, Juhani Kärkkäinen, Kalevi Kärkkäinen 2 Phil Devouassoux, Robert Rey 9 Veit Kührt, Peter Lesser, Werner Lesser, Günter Oettel, Günther Pollmer, Helmut Recknagel, Kurt Schramm, Wolfgang Schüller, Willi Wirth 4 Giacomo Aimoni, Bruno De Zordo, Dino De Zordo, Nilo Zandanell 3 Gunnar Lie, Ole Tom Nord, Olaf Solli Soviet Union 5 V. Ivannikov, Nikolay Kamenskiy, Nikolai Schamov, Koba Zakadze, Yuri Zubarev 3 Harry Bergquist, Gösta Nordin, Kjell Sjöberg 3 Toni Cecchinato, Ueli Scheidegger, Peter Wenger 4 Peter Eržen, Miro Oman, Marjan Pečar, Jože Šlibar
Results
Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze, Oberstdorf 30 December 1960
Rank Name Points1 Juhani Kärkkäinen227.02 Kjell Sjöberg223.03 Kalevi Kärkkäinen220.0 Otto Leodolter220.05 Koba Zakadze218.06 Helmut Recknagel217.07 Veit Kührt215.08 Nikolai Schamov213.59 Walter Habersatter212.510 Ole Tom Nord211.0
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1 January 1961
Rank Name Points1 Koba Zakadze220.52 Helmut Recknagel218.03 Nilo Zandanell217.04 Otto Leodolter215.05 Nikolay Kamenskiy214.06 Kjell Sjöberg213.57 Juhani Kärkkäinen213.08 Yuri Zubarev212.09 Nikolai Schamov209.5 Kurt Schramm209.5
Innsbruck Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 6 January 1961
Rank Name Points1 Kalevi Kärkkäinen218.52 Helmut Recknagel217.63 Otto Leodolter213.44 Olaf Solli212.25 Veikko Kankkonen211.66 Wolfgang Happle211.07 Nikolay Kamenskiy210.48 Helmut Wegscheider209.29 Alwin Plank207.710 Kjell Sjöberg207.0
Bischofshofen Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 8 January 1961
In the overall lead already, Helmut Recknagel won the Bischofshofen event and thus the tournament.
Rank Name Points1 Helmut Recknagel229.12 Otto Leodolter225.63 Kalevi Kärkkäinen221.14 Nikolai Schamov219.35 Wolfgang Happle212.86 Olaf Solli211.87 Nilo Zandanell210.08 Kurt Schramm209.79 Dino De Zordo208.710 Koba Zakadze207.7
Final ranking
Rank Name Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Points1 Helmut Recknagel6th2nd2nd1st881.72 Otto Leodolter3rd4th3rd2nd874.03 Kalevi Kärkkäinen3rd22nd1st3rd862.14 Koba Zakadze5th1st11th10th851.95 Juhani Kärkkäinen1st7th12th11th850.76 Kjell Sjöberg2nd6th10th15th848.27 Nilo Zandanell11th3rd14th7th839.68 Olaf Solli20th26th4th6th829.59 Nikolai Schamov8th9th36th4th827.410 Wolfgang Happle39th11th6th5th826.8
References
External links FIS website Four Hills Tournament web site